A lot of noise came up after the final hand of WSOP  Main Event and the subject is slow-roll! The runner-up finisher, Tony Miles, accused the actual champion, John Cynn for unfair play, which caused the reaction of many people from the poker world.

What do you think? Was this a slow-roll in the final hand?

Cynn opened with KJ, Miles 3bet him with Q8. The flop came: KK5. Miles made a continuation bet and Cynn just called. The turn brought  8 and Miles pushed all-in. After thinking for a while Joh Cynn made a call. When Miles saw what Cyn had, he was shocked why he took so long for this, according to him, easy call. However, Cynn immediately apologized and told Miles that he didn’t have an intention to slow-roll him, he just wanted to think thru. 

Tony Miles thought it was a slow-roll

Many poker celebrities gave an opinion on this occasion

Maybe the most interesting Tweets come from Phil Galfond.

Mike Matusow also commented on this situation in his recognizable style, of course.

However, Tony Miles didn’t take long to regret his accusations and apologize to John Cynn, who he considers as a very good person and friend.

“We were playing for millions of dollars and John had every right to take his time and talk through his decision. My immediate reaction of angst and frustration was unwarranted and I take full responsibility for what I said.”, Miles announced. 

What do you think? Was this a slow-roll or not? Tell us your opinion.

World Series of Poker, the organization which owns the Poker Hall of Fame, gave an official statement last week that two new members of this elite club are John Hennigan and Mori Eskandani! They are the winners in the quite tough competition.  You can check other candidates on the image below.

10 finalist for Poker Hall of Fame

John Hennigan is familiar in poker world under his nickname “Johnny World“. He is one of the top-rated high stakes cash players. He also has a great success in tournaments. This summer Hennigan won another WSOP event which is his 5th bracelet. Besides that, he managed to reach the ITM on 10 WSOP tournaments this year. Really impressive results and we can freely say that John totally deserved his entrance in Poker Hall of Fame.

John Hennigan

Although he plays poker, Mori Eskandani is much more famous as a TV poker producer. He was in charge for many shows. Some of the most famous are WSOP, NBC Heads-Up Championship, Poker After Dark and High Stakes Poker series.

Mori Eskandani

Poker Hall of Fame:

Poker Hall of Fame exists from 1979. There are 56 members. Most of them are poker players but there are also significant poker co-workers such as Mori Eskandani.

Phil Hellmuth won his 15th gold bracelet in 2018 WSOP! This time he is the winner of $5.000 Turbo No-Limit Holdem Event!

Can anything stop this man from winning titles on the WSOP? Phil Hellmuth, the legend himself!

Phill was already the all-time leader in WSOP bracelets having 14 of them. Now, after defeating a field of total 452 entries he managed to win his 15th WSOP title and a 1st place prize of $485.082! After winning Phil announced: “It means everything. I want to be remembered in two ways: 1.) For having won 24 bracelets, and 2.) For starting the positivity movement.”

To remind, Hellmuth recently released a book “#POSITIVITY” for which he got an inspiration after realizing how huge influence he has on fans.  “The spotlight that I have becomes a responsibility. Once I realized that I could inspire people, I took that seriously”, said Hellmuth.  

As he admits, Phill didn’t have a good period for some time: “It’s humbling. I haven’t had a very good summer, but I’ve kept myself positive. Every night I come back to the room, saying, ‘Life is good, relax. Life is good, relax.’ Before this tournament, I called my wife and said, ‘Honey, I’m not sure I want to play this event. She said, ‘Get in there in play.’” And he did, and he did win a 15th bracelet and $450.000!

His place on the final table of $5000 Turbo No-Limit Holdem Event also found Steven Wolansky, a two-time bracelet winner. He even managed to knock out 3 players from the final table, and reach heads up with 3 to 1 lead against Hellmuth, but that wasn’t enough… Maybe the major hand was when both players moved all-in preflop, Hellmuth with  K10 and Wolansky with  KJ. Ten on the river brought Hellmuth a huge pot and a chip lead. Just a few hands after that Steven Wolansky pushed all-in from the button with  A9 and Hellmuth called with 33. Flop brought a 9 for Wolansky bout also a 3 for Hellmuth.  After the blank turn and river, Phill scored another win while Wolansky won $299.907 as the runner-up finisher.

Some people admire Phil and some, from the other side, have a negative opinion about him. However, like him or not, he is definitely a legend and he is definitely still around!